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The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:13:22 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.110374288Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertiblehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/05/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible-2/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/05/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible-2/#commentsWed, 04 May 2016 12:00:54 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1336210The Geo Metro, a Suzuki Cultus imported by GM, came after the Chevrolet Sprint version of the Cultus but before GM axed the Geo brand and started selling Chevrolet Metros, which sold in respectable numbers during its 1989-1997 run. There was a convertible version of the Metro, which allowed thin-walleted drivers to enjoy open-air driving […]

]]>The Geo Metro, a Suzuki Cultus imported by GM, came after the Chevrolet Sprint version of the Cultus but before GM axed the Geo brand and started selling Chevrolet Metros, which sold in respectable numbers during its 1989-1997 run. There was a convertible version of the Metro, which allowed thin-walleted drivers to enjoy open-air driving […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/05/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible-2/feed/281336210Hammer Time: Is Scion The New Geo?http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/08/hammer-time-scion-new-geo/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/08/hammer-time-scion-new-geo/#commentsWed, 12 Aug 2015 12:00:45 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1138522Imagine if you will. The world’s largest and most consistently successful automaker is in deep trouble. Not because of profits, but because of products. They build a small car… and a small army of overseas competitors blow it away. They build a bigger vehicle, and another, and yet another. They build so many models with […]

]]>Imagine if you will. The world’s largest and most consistently successful automaker is in deep trouble. Not because of profits, but because of products. They build a small car… and a small army of overseas competitors blow it away. They build a bigger vehicle, and another, and yet another. They build so many models with […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/08/hammer-time-scion-new-geo/feed/1131138522Junkyard Find: 1990 Geo Metro LSi Convertiblehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/11/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/11/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/#commentsTue, 11 Nov 2014 14:00:44 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=943265GM and Ford sold quite a few of their badge-engineered micro-import gas-sippers (the Kia Pride aka Ford Festiva/Aspire and Suzuki Cultus aka Chevy Sprint/Geo Metro) in the 1980s and 1990s, and that means that I see a lot of these cars in the junkyard these days. It takes a special Metro to warrant inclusion here— […]

]]>GM and Ford sold quite a few of their badge-engineered micro-import gas-sippers (the Kia Pride aka Ford Festiva/Aspire and Suzuki Cultus aka Chevy Sprint/Geo Metro) in the 1980s and 1990s, and that means that I see a lot of these cars in the junkyard these days. It takes a special Metro to warrant inclusion here— […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/11/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/feed/47943265Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro LSi Convertiblehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/#commentsWed, 26 Jun 2013 13:00:37 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=493354As a former Metro owner— about ten years ago, I found a low-mile ’96 Metro with four-cylinder and automatic for a scrap-value price and couldn’t say no to the deal— I’ve always sort of liked Suzuki’s little no-lux gas miserwagen. It takes a special Metro for me to include it in this series, however; we’ve […]

]]>As a former Metro owner— about ten years ago, I found a low-mile ’96 Metro with four-cylinder and automatic for a scrap-value price and couldn’t say no to the deal— I’ve always sort of liked Suzuki’s little no-lux gas miserwagen. It takes a special Metro for me to include it in this series, however; we’ve […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1992-geo-metro-lsi-convertible/feed/40493354Junkyard Find: 1990 Geo Metro-amino Pickuphttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-amino-pickup/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-amino-pickup/#commentsFri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:19 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=491854It takes a really special Geo Metro to achieve Junkyard Find status; the last one that managed the feat was this bright green electric-powered ’95, which turned out to be a Ree-V conversion made in Colorado during the EV optimism of the late 2000s. During a trip to my old San Francisco Bay stomping grounds […]

]]>It takes a really special Geo Metro to achieve Junkyard Find status; the last one that managed the feat was this bright green electric-powered ’95, which turned out to be a Ree-V conversion made in Colorado during the EV optimism of the late 2000s. During a trip to my old San Francisco Bay stomping grounds […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/junkyard-find-1990-geo-metro-amino-pickup/feed/22491854Piston Slap: SHO-in off the MetSHO!http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/03/piston-slap-sho-in-off-the-metsho/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/03/piston-slap-sho-in-off-the-metsho/#commentsMon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:59 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=481543TTAC commentator crabspirits writes: I stumbled upon your Lemons Z34-fiero article. My brothers both had LQ1 Cutlasses and whoever designed that engine was a sadist. They both blew the headgaskets and were impossible to work on. FYI: we run the SHO-swapped, mid-engine Geo Metro in the 24 Hours of LeMons. I had some good battles […]

]]>TTAC commentator crabspirits writes: I stumbled upon your Lemons Z34-fiero article. My brothers both had LQ1 Cutlasses and whoever designed that engine was a sadist. They both blew the headgaskets and were impossible to work on. FYI: we run the SHO-swapped, mid-engine Geo Metro in the 24 Hours of LeMons. I had some good battles […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/03/piston-slap-sho-in-off-the-metsho/feed/15481543Junkyard Find: Electric 1995 Geo Metrohttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/02/junkyard-find-electric-1995-geo-metro/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/02/junkyard-find-electric-1995-geo-metro/#commentsTue, 26 Feb 2013 14:00:45 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=479114Normally, I wouldn’t consider an 18-year-old Suzuki Cultus badged by a now-defunct GM marque to be worthy of inclusion in this series, but this particular example— which I found at my favorite Denver self-service wrecking yard— has been converted to electric power and is thus sort of interesting. The valuable stuff that electric-car geeks like […]

]]>Normally, I wouldn’t consider an 18-year-old Suzuki Cultus badged by a now-defunct GM marque to be worthy of inclusion in this series, but this particular example— which I found at my favorite Denver self-service wrecking yard— has been converted to electric power and is thus sort of interesting. The valuable stuff that electric-car geeks like […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/02/junkyard-find-electric-1995-geo-metro/feed/26479114And the Winner Is…http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/and-the-winner-is-19/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/and-the-winner-is-19/#commentsMon, 08 Aug 2011 01:15:12 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=406217While today’s Arse Sweat-a-Palooza winner on laps is indeed the same Honda-motorcycle-engined Geo Metro that won the 2008 Arse Freeze-a-Palooza, it’s really a much different car now. In ’08, the Geo Player Special (then known as the Metro Gnome) had the CBR900RR engine driving the front wheels, via an ingenious chain drive that used a […]

]]>While today’s Arse Sweat-a-Palooza winner on laps is indeed the same Honda-motorcycle-engined Geo Metro that won the 2008 Arse Freeze-a-Palooza, it’s really a much different car now. In ’08, the Geo Player Special (then known as the Metro Gnome) had the CBR900RR engine driving the front wheels, via an ingenious chain drive that used a […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/and-the-winner-is-19/feed/2406217Capsule Review: 1997 Rover Metrohttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/11/capsule-review-1997-rover-metro/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/11/capsule-review-1997-rover-metro/#commentsMon, 01 Nov 2010 18:22:07 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=371082No story should ever start, as this one does, with “my First Rover Metro.” The implication that there are more Metros to come is all too obvious, and could probably be best categorized as a “cry for help.” In any case, my first Rover Metro was a teal 1995 1.1L Kensington edition, purchased for £60 […]

]]>No story should ever start, as this one does, with “my First Rover Metro.” The implication that there are more Metros to come is all too obvious, and could probably be best categorized as a “cry for help.” In any case, my first Rover Metro was a teal 1995 1.1L Kensington edition, purchased for £60 […]

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/11/capsule-review-1997-rover-metro/feed/15371082Curbside Classic: 1957 Metropolitanhttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/09/curbside-classic-1957-metropolitan/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/09/curbside-classic-1957-metropolitan/#commentsThu, 23 Sep 2010 15:19:34 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=366384Americans generally just don’t take too well to tiny cars. Perhaps they’re too much like toys, not really yet grown up? The Metropolitan certainly looks the part, resembling an amusement park ride or clown car rather than a genuine automobile a self-respecting grown-up American would drive. And this particular Metro only reinforces that stereotype: it’s […]

]]>Americans generally just don’t take too well to tiny cars. Perhaps they’re too much like toys, not really yet grown up? The Metropolitan certainly looks the part, resembling an amusement park ride or clown car rather than a genuine automobile a self-respecting grown-up American would drive. And this particular Metro only reinforces that stereotype: it’s […]